- Peppermint Frappé
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name = Peppermint Frappé
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director =Carlos Saura
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starring =José Luis López Vázquez Geraldine Chaplin
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released = 1967
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country = flagicon|SpainSpain
language = Spanish
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imdb_id = 0062113"Peppermint Frappé" is a 1967 film by Spanish director
Carlos Saura . It was his first significant commercial success. [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/peppermint_frappe/ Peppermint Frappe - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes ] ]Plot
The story centers around a man named Julian who becomes obsessed with the wife of an old friend (played by
Geraldine Chaplin ), believing her to be a mysterious drummer that he once fell in love with at a festival. He pursues her only to be rebuffed multiple times. Eventually, he is driven to murder her and her husband.Analysis
The film uses Julian's obsession with the blonde, English-speaking woman to illustrate Spain's suppressed fascination with the "foreign" West under the nationalist and isolationist regime of
Francisco Franco . Additionally, the character of Julian's secretary, also played by Chaplin, serves as an interesting example of how a passive feminine character can come to control a more assertive chauvanist by manipulating his desires. [ [http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/RLA-Archive/1998/spanish-html/Willem,%20Linda.htm Narrating The National Identity: Myth, Power, And Dissidence ] ]Saura intended for the film to be an homage to his mentor, director
Luis Buñuel .References
External links
*imdb title|0062113
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/peppermint_frappe/ Rotten Tomatoes]
* [http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/RLA-Archive/1998/spanish-html/Willem,%20Linda.htm Purdue Essay]
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